There will be no voting on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in New York. Instead, the powers that be have decided that—for pretty obvious reasons—the primaries scheduled for that day will be held on Thursday, September 13. more ›

The Queen of Disco Donna Summer lost her battle to cancer yesterday—and TMZ reports that she felt that 9/11 was involved. more ›

The U.S.'s proceedings against the alleged 9/11 terrorists are moving along in Guantanamo Bay, and while relatives of victims are eagerly seeking justice, one doesn't want the accused plotters to be killed, if they are convicted. Blake Allison, whose wife was on American Airlines Flight 11 that crashed into World Trade Center Tower 1, told the Post, "The public needs to know there are family members out there who do not hold the view that these men should be put to death. We can’t kill our way to a peaceful tomorrow." more ›

The bronze sphere that used to stand in the World Trade Center plaza before getting moved to Battery Park post-9/11 will be getting a new temporary home while the park undergoes a renovation, the location of which will be revealed next week. more ›

The five men accused of planning the 9/11 attacks acted out during their 13-hour-long hearing before a military commission yesterday in what one of their lawyers deemed a "coordinated strategy" against an "unjust system." At times, the defendants shouted, prayed, made paper airplanes and one even removed his shirt. Defense lawyers tell the Times that the designation of "contraband" information that may prevent death sentences but may not be used to confer with their clients is crippling their cases. more ›

Even in an edited version, that report on New York City's 911 system that Bloomberg had to be ordered by a judge to release reportedly does not paint a pretty picture of our city's emergency preparedness. The Mayor's office today released a 133-page version of the 216-page report from a group of outside consultants. We haven't gotten our hands on it yet, but it reportedly "found that call operators waste time on duplicative questions and employ inconsistent questioning procedures. The system, it found, sends some responders to the wrong address and slows fire and medical dispatchers' efforts to give instructions to callers." Oh, good. more ›

In 2008, Candidate Barack Obama criticized Hillary Clinton's campaign for creating an ad that invoked Osama Bin Laden and implicitly questioned his readiness for the position. "We already have a President who plays the politics of fear, and we don't need another," his spokesman said at the time. Well, in 2012 the polls are a little tighter than Obama would like them to be, so Fear is again our friend (did you know that he killed Osama bin Laden with his bare hands?) But Republicans are SHOCKED that other politicians might try to scare up votes. more ›

Rudolph Giuliani has become the latest Republican to pretend to enjoy the thought of Mitt Romney being elected president. “When I look at where we are as a nation and the challenges we face, I am convinced that Mitt Romney will provide a clear contrast to President Obama,” Giuliani said in a statement earlier today. Woah, a "clear contrast?" Get a room, you two! But as Capital New York reminds us, things weren't always so peachy. Just four months ago Giuliani said of Romney, “I ran against him in ‘07 and ‘08, I’ve never seen a guy change his position so many times, so fast, on a dime." Isn't it amazing what a miserable field of candidates can do to one's viewpoint? more ›

The Bloomberg administration has one week to release a report conducted by an outside consulting firm that reportedly shows that the city's 911 system has gotten slower to respond to emergencies and become less efficient. A spokesperson for the mayor, Marc LaVorgna, told us last week that the report was a draft: "We don't release incomplete materials or analysis." But according to the Post, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron didn't buy that argument in court today. "I trust the city is not going to obfuscate," Judge Engoron said, before derisively using the city attorney's argument in releasing his own ruling: "This is just a draft, I can't reveal it." more ›

Is the sinking of a grand ocean liner by an iceberg analogous to the destruction of two iconic towers at the hands of terrorists? The Daily News' Helen Kennedy thinks so, calling what happened to the Titanic "the first truly global tragedy the 9/11 of its day." more ›

The five 9/11 suspects, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be tried in front of a military tribunal in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which means that if found guilty, they could face the death penalty, Al Jazeera English reports. Within 30 days, the action is set to begin: suspects will hear the charges against them and enter a plea. The charges include terrorism, hijacking an aircraft, conspiracy, murder in violation of the law of war. more ›

Just a few days ago, Mayor Bloomberg was awarded Foursquare Mayor of the Year at the Shorty Awards, but speaking at a senior center in Flushing yesterday, Bloomberg lost a few points with the youngs. "Today, Snipe is something that lots of seniors all around the country use, not just here in New York," the mayor said, according to Capital New York. Snipe? Did Bloomberg just have a flashback to when that bully Freddy Ferguson made him spend the night in the woods in 4th grade? more ›

A report prepared by an outside consulting firm on the city's revamped 911 system claims the project—which is over budget by $1 billion and is scheduled to be implemented in 2015—has actually made emergency response time slower. "The system is as inefficient and ineffective an operation as you could get," a source told the Post. "Seconds count in emergencies. People are going to die." more ›

Yesterday, Carson Daly discussed Jet Blue Captain Clayton Osbon's mid-flight freakout during his radio show, saying, "On this particular flight, most of the people were on their way to some sort of security conference in Las Vegas. It was a bunch of dudes, and well trained dudes...If that were me, I mean, my luck? It would be like, 'this is the flight going to Pride in San Francisco.' I mean, that would be my colleagues," implying that the gay passengers wouldn't act in a similarly brave manner (and he said that while affecting a gay stereotype lilting tone!). Of course, this has made the mother of a gay 9/11 victim very angry. more ›

Joe Daniels, who makes $400,000 a year heading up the 9/11 Memorial skipped last month's ceremony to remember the six people killed in the 1993 WTC bombing for a ski trip with his father. "It was unfortunate that I could not be there," Daniels told DNAinfo's Murray Weiss. "I had a personal obligation." That obligation was an annual trip to the slopes of Breckenridge, Colorado. "I have one of the best dads in New York," Daniels added. NEVER FORGET…to properly situate your poles when boarding a ski lift with a companion. more ›

With the CityTime scandal slowly being sorted out, Comptroller John Liu wouldn't want you to think that Mayor Bloomberg's administration wasn't finding other ways to hand over your tax dollars to overzealous, under-supervised contractors. Not when the city's already messy Emergency Communications Transformation Program (ECTP), meant to update our 911 system, continues to bleed money. Seriously, the project is now projected to be seven years late and a billion over budget. more ›

Did you hear the news? It turns out that plenty of officials in New Jersey's law enforcement and government knew about the NYPD's sweeping surveillance of Muslim communities in the state. City Hall's press flacks are all a'twitterin about this Star-Ledger story with members of the New York media (and the headline: "THEY ALL KNEW." Woof!) Phew, guess we don't have to worry about the NYPD's methods or racial/religious profiling, since some politicians knew about it. And what did they know? Peter Harvey, the state's AG from 2003-2006 explains: "Truth be told we can’t stop [the NYPD], and I’m not sure I want to stop them." more ›

More than ten years later, what should be done with the unidentified remains of 9/11 victims? That question—which many assumed had long been answered—came back to light this weekend when a group of families of victims gathered to protest a plan to store the remains in a repository, 70 feet below ground in between the National September 11th Memorial and the Museum next door. more ›

Since August of 2011, the Associated Press has published a series of reports revealing the New York Police Department's involvement in the monitoring of Muslim communities across the Northeast. The investigation revealed that the department was monitoring a huge swath of presumably innocent people from New Jersey to Connecticut, sometimes without the knowledge of local law enforcement. We spoke with the AP's Senior Managing Editor for U.S. News Mike Oreskes about how the story developed, where the information comes from and about the raging debate on maintaining civil liberties in the War on Terror. more ›

You know what America really needs? Advice from a creepy political hack who's managed to transform the most horrific terrorist attack in NYC's history into undending fame and fortune. Former Mayor of 9/11 Town and failed presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani was on the tee-vee last night to tell the world why President Obama is an impotent coward who "has no idea how to exercise leadership... We need a president who can say the words 'bomb them' and actually can do it if he has to to protect us from Iran becoming a nuclear power." more ›

A former Long Island resident who has been posing as a 9/11 firefighter for the past year has finally admitted he was never near the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. A man accused of posing as a 9/11 hero has owned up to living a lie. Jordan Lifander told CBS 2's Lou Young, “It just snowballed into something that was out of my control. I’m truly sorry for misleading and lying about the fact I was on FDNY." more ›

Though Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close has gotten more buzz for its ill-placed ads and traumatic flashbacks than anything actually on screen, at least one person thinks that what the world really needs are more 9/11 movies. While introducing his film in Berlin (which he admits some thought was "too soon") director Stephen Daldry told reporters that he'd like to see more movies about the tragedy and its repercussions. more ›

When Governor Cuomo announced that the NY Department of Motor Vehicles would have a special Super Bowl XLVI Champions license plate for order, that surprised some NY state lawmakers, because they've been trying to get a license plate to commemorate 9/11 first responders and victims. Republican Assemblyman James Tedisco said, "I'm happy that the Giants won the Super Bowl as much as the next New Yorker, but who are the real heroes our state should first be celebrating with distinctive plates, the athletes on the gridiron or the first responders and the people who lost their lives on Sept. 11?" more ›

Connecticut police arrested a 38-year-old woman for risk of injury to a minor for leaving her five-year-old son in a casino hotel room so she could gamble. And police found out what happened because her son called 911. more ›

Newt Gingrich makes a mistake during one of his 2003 speeches, but these days, his foreign policy is more dangerous than a little slip-up. more ›